Previous Student GIS Project Competition Winners

To encourage and award the contributions made by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students to the development of geographic information science and technology, the GIS Council at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee initiated an annual student GIS project competition in Spring 2003. The criteria used were as follows:

The project makes significant contribution to advance new theories and methods of Geographic Information Science and Technology.

The project demonstrates excellence and innovation in applying theories and methods of Geographic Information Science and Technology.

The project shows high quality of presentation in terms of graphic design in the poster and excellent writing of the project report.

The 2014 Winners are:

Best Student GIS Project for graduate students/GIS certificate students

Feng Pan, GIS Certificate student and MS student from the Department of Geography, for his paper and poster "Influence of Different Methods for Estimating Impervious Surface Cover on Model-simulated Streamflow of the Milwaukee River Basin"

The 2012 Winners are:

Best Student GIS Project for graduate students/GIS certificate students

Wei Huang, PhD student from the Department of Geography, and Chengbin Deng, PhD student from the Department of Geography, for their paper and poster "A Geographic Approach of Carbon Accounting of Wisconsin"

Margaret Pettygrove, PhD student from the Department of Geography, for her paper "Modeling Urban Food Environments"

Honorable Mention:

Kathryn Maxwell, masters student from the Department of Anthropology, Lindsay Robinson, masters student from the Department of Anthropology and GIS Certificate Recipient, and Thomas Zych, masters student from the Department of Anthropology and GIS Certificate Recipient, for their paper and poster "Kumlein Mound Group 47 JE-91: 2012 Survey and Mapping"

The 2011 Winners are:

Best Student GIS Project for graduate students/GIS certificate students

Wei Huang , PhD student from the Department of Geography, and Chengbin Deng, PhD student from the Department of Geography, for their paper and poster "Spatio-temporal analysis of chlorophyll-a distribution in Lake Michigan: a geographical perspective" [paper] [poster]

Best Undergraduate Student GIS Project

David Horvath, undergraduate student from the Geography Department, for his paper and poster"Demonstrating the need for more accurate areal rainfall interpolation and estimation techniques" [paper] [poster]

The 2010 Winners are:

Best Student GIS Project for graduate students/GIS certificate students

Best Undergraduate Student GIS Project

Jason Schroeder, BS student from the Conservation and Environmental Science Program, for his paper and poster"Landscape change over 60 years surrounding Cedarburg Bog."

The 2007 Winners are:

First place (tied):

Richard R. Shaker, Master student from the Department of Geography, andRama Mohapatra, PhD student from the Department of Geography, for their paper and poster"Landscape Ecology and Cellular Automation: Investigating Patch Transition in Exurbia."

Brian Thayer, Master student from the Department of Geography, for his paper and poster"Developing A Community Information System To Assist Neighborhood Revitalization Efforts."

Second place:

Michael Kumbera, Master student from the Department of Urban Planning/Master of Public Administration, GIS Certificate, for his paper and poster "Using GIS for Brownfield Remediation Management."

The 2006 Winners are:

First place:

Richard R. Shaker, Master student from the Department of Geography, for his paper and poster "Surface Geometry and GIS: Methodology for Predicting Sky-View Factor and Urban Heat Islands."

Second place:

Brad Lenz, Master student from the Department of Urban Planning,Richard Shaker, Master student from the Department of Geography,Andy Turner, Master student from the Department of Urban Planning,Adam Wirtz, GIS Certificate student, for their paper and poster "Using GIS to Identify Key Locations for Best Management Practices in Milwaukee."

Third place:

Greg Rybarczyk, PhD student from the Department of Geography,Rama Mohapatra, PhD student from the Department of Geography, for their paper and poster"Evaluating Neighborhood Health Through Empirical Analysis and GIS."